can also be called the rate limiting factor as it affects the rate of photosynthesis. Introduction Photosynthesis is an essential process by which plants make their food in order for growth and respiration to happen. Carbon dioxide water and light combine to manufacture food which comes in the form of glucose for use. Light is a very important aspect in plant growth as with light the light dependent reaction in photosynthesis is able to take place. In this process light is used to break down water
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Chapter 7 and 8 discuss and give in depth details on photosynthesis and cellular respiration. They are the exact opposites in what they set out to complete in the cells of a leaf. Photosynthesis takes light energy and separates it in the chloroplasts to create glucose. Cellular respiration breaks down glucose to provide energy for the cell. The similarities between them include overlap in some of the enzymes and products and reactants utilized. The differences include the cycles and steps taken to
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Student ID: 4593119 Date: 7 Dec 2014 Course and Section Number: SCIN131 A004 Fall 14 Lesson 4 Lab: Chromatography and Ionic versus Covalent Bonds PART 1 Begin by viewing the following Thinkwell video 15.1.3 CIA Demonstration: Chromatography After you watch the above video‚ answer the questions below in sufficient detail: (a) (3 pts.) This video discusses 3 different types of chromatography. List each one mentioned‚ and describe their differences in as much detail as possible (your points
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Encyclopædia Britannica Paper chromatography is used to separate "dissolved chemical substances". An example of dissolved chemical substances could be the pigments that make up a specific color‚ for example in a marker. When a chromatography paper experiment is done on a black marker‚ the experiment tends to separate all the different pigments that make up the color. In this experiment‚ the substance investigated was a black water soluble Giotto marker pen. Paper chromatography has two phases‚ the
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Experiment 2: Dehydration of an Alcohol: Distillation and Gas Chromatography Preparation of Methylcyclohexenes Purpose: The basic purpose of this experiment is to carry out the dehydration of an alcohol and isolate the reaction products by distillation. Gas Chromatography will be utilized to analyze the reaction mixture. Table of Reagents: Compound (g) Molecular Weight (g/mol) Grams (g) Moles 6 mL of 2-methylcyclohexanol (C7H14O) 114.19 g/mol 6 mL x 0.943g = 5.66 g 1 mL 5.66 g x
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Bausch and Lomb Spectrophotometer was used. Often objects appear colored because of their absorption of light within regions of the visible spectrum. The color of light we can see is composed of the wavelengths that the object did not absorb. Photosynthesis in plants takes place in organelles called chloroplasts. Chloroplasts contain a number of coloured compounds‚ known as pigments‚ in their thylakoids‚ where light dependent reactions occur(Mitchelsl‚ Reece). Spinach leaves contain chlorophyll
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Plants can make their own food through photosynthesis and then break it down for usable energy through the process of cellular respiration. Analyze and explain how your life might be different if you could make your own food through photosynthesis. First of all if we were to be able to make our own food trough photosynthesis‚ we should have chlorophyll‚ which is the important pigment in absorbing sunlight. As an effect we will all be green in color. This may be good as there will be only one race
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The carbon cycle is a biogeochemical cycle that displays how carbon circulates throughout the environment. Many components affect this process such as photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Photosynthesis uses the carbon dioxide that is in the atmosphere to transform it into sugar and oxygen; cellular respiration puts carbon dioxide in the air. Both of these processes were studied during the experiment. In the experiment‚ the tube with both the elodea and the snail had the same level of carbon
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AFFECTING THE RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Introduction Photosynthesis is a chemical reaction which takes place inside the green plants (plants with chlorophyll‚ a pigment found in chloroplasts which causes the colour of the plants and it is the main photosynthetic pigment) and light energy is converted into chemical energy. Carbon dioxide‚ water and sunlight is transformed into sugar an oxygen‚ which later will be used as energy for the plant. The chemical equation of photosynthesis is: Photosynthesis
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There are many variables that could affect the rate of photosynthesis and the net consumption of carbon dioxide. In this experiment‚ the effects of how the intensity of light energy affected photosynthesis were observed. Two pieces of elodea was placed into separate beakers and one of the beakers was placed under a bulb of lower intensity and the other beaker being placed under a higher intensity bulb. The results showed that the beaker under the higher intensity light energy had a higher consumption
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